The GB Rowing Team is the high performance arm of British Rowing. Rowing is the nation’s most continuously successful Olympic sport, having won a gold medal in every Olympic Games since 1984, and has won six Paralympic golds since the sport was introduced to the Paralympic Games programme in 2008.

The one-day Regatta had been scheduled to take place in East London on 12th May, but this is the second time in as many years that organisers have been forced to cancel the event.

“Due to strong westerly winds being forecast for this coming weekend, the Poplar Regatta Committee has decided to cancel this year’s Poplar Regatta.

“We are very sorry for the disappointment, but as up to 25mph winds have been forecast it was felt, in the interest of safety, we had no other option.

“We have taken this decision early to save crews a wasted journey as it was felt if the Regatta had been able to start it would have been for a very limited time before racing would have been abandoned.

“We do hope to see you again next year, and wish you all a successful year’s rowing.”